This thread includes comments moved from the 'Nahaboo has big plans for Featherstone Rovers' thread because they are generally off-topic and liable to drag that thread down another blind alley about SL licensing v Promotion & Relegation, so I've shifted them all here. Feel free to continue the SL licensing v Promotion & Relegation here, where it can be discussed in a non club specific way. Thanks - John Drake, Webmaster

=================================If Featherstone Rovers get a license, will this stop all the moaners out their who keep going on about licensing killing the chances of a small town team getting a SL license?

There are a few clubs in SL who have bigger average crowds than Fev's population!

If Featherstone Rovers get a license, will this stop all the moaners out their who keep going on about licensing killing the chances of a small town team getting a SL license?

There are a few clubs in SL who have bigger average crowds than Fev's population!

See what I mean trying to de-rail the thread again but I will entertain you. Why should getting to SL be about a fan base, money etc etc. Also don't say you can't survive SL without money or crowds because if that was the case why is all the expansion going on? I mean look at crusaders they had a fan base of 200 and still got into SL.

Come on Gaz - professional sport has always been about money. That's what makes it professional.

You knew what i meant Richie. I was more on about the fan base thing with the crusaders as a good example. But if a team wins promotion then IMO they deserve a Craic at SL with a fan base, money or not. Anyway this thread isn't about fan bases etc its about the investment. Please stick to it because I don't want this thread closing too.

You knew what i meant Richie. I was more on about the fan base thing with the crusaders as a good example. But if a team wins promotion then IMO they deserve a Craic at SL with a fan base, money or not. Anyway this thread isn't about fan bases etc its about the investment. Please stick to it because I don't want this thread closing too.

This is great news for Fev, especially if the consortium materialises and puts extra funding into the club. Kind of knocks the theories that no investor would ever fund any Cc clubs only SL clubs on the head.

If Fev do get the SL licence, and they should, it begs the question of who will be removed from SL. If the Salford situation is resolved with the new money there, it leaves Castleford as the most likely candidate for demotion, having no huge investor, the new stadium project on hold, and a poor playing record the last couple of years.

The RFL report on the future direction of the game and SL in particular assunes critical importance.

Great work at Fev though. From CC1 to this in a few short years. Pretty impressive.

unless the RFL do a massive back track then fev won't get in super league unless wakie and/or cas leave.

Surely they will if they apply and they meet the criteria and they score higher on the licence application form than their competitors. In that case, they will deserve to be in and well done to them. See? the system works.

Try telling that to a few of your fellow supporters on here though and you'll see our frustrations!

I'm a big fan of bringing back P&R. That's why I feel so strongly about having to tick x, y and z. ( which IMO is a joke) But before you say anything I don't want P&R back for featherstone rovers I want it back for the game in general. P&R coming back in time for the 2015 season would hurt featherstone rovers as all the hard work they have put in to getting us in SL would depend on that one season and not the three years grace you get.